Oh...what happend?MINT 5 boots without the NVIDA-Screen. (Card is from NVIDA 7-Series)Then Wallpaper and only 2 Icons are there...nothing else to do. The system hangs at this point. I tried the recovery-mode and fix the xserver...but nothing helps.After that i installed/deinstalled other NVIDA-drivers but nothing changed.Is there a way to bring back my MINT to life?

I don't get how far you can boot but it is also possible to boot (in recovery mode or safe mode or normal) and edit /etc/X11/xorg.confChange the driver to vesa (In Section Device)It could look something like this (which is for ATI)

Comment out (put an # first on the line) any option and change driver to vesa and you are able to bootSloppy graphics but you can use the computerThen delete (or rename) any nvidia files in home and uninstall nvidia-settingsCheck synaptics to see if the nvidia driver is installed ok (of course no guarantee that it really is)Change driver to nvidia and restart X (Ctrl+Alt+backspace)When you know what happens we can continue, but lets hope it works

But after 3 hours there is a totally black screen. The NVIDIA is back, but...How can i edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf ?

sodo gedit...? I Can´t open this file to change to the VESA-driver.

Greetings!

---Now...it´s the end! Can´t boot the maschine anymore:

* An automatic file system check (fsck) of the root filesystem failed. A manual fsck must be performed, then the system restarted. The fsck should be performed in maintenance mode with the root filesystem mounted in read-only mode.

* The root filesystem is currently mounted in read only mode. A maintenance shell will now be started. After performing system maintenance, press CONTROL-D to terminate the maintenance shell and restart the system.Give rootpassword for maintenance(or type Control-D to continue)

Haven´t got a rootpassword and Control-D = reboot.And no chance to open a terminal for fsck! 3 Weeks without a backup...grrrrrr

and you force X to use vesa which always works (if not the damage is so large that x is destroyed)You could try to use nvidia or even nv even if the nv driver does not work with quite a few nivida cardsOh and Section Screen should look like this